[NOTE: The apparent discrepancies between strength figures and those for
accessions and separations are due in part to the time lag needed for the former
to catch up with the latter and in part to the confusion that attended the
period of conversion from WAAC to WAC. Also, as has been noted on several
occasions in the text, there arc discrepancies between current WAAC/WAC figures,
which were all that were available for planning at the time, and the final
figures of the Adjutant General's Office.]

a Most of the officers and warrant officers shown are also included in the
enlisted column since virtually all were commissioned after enlisted service.b Because of the conversion from WAAC to WAC, AGO records showed no new
accessions of enlisted Wacs and recorded 41,177 WAAC personnel enlisting in the
WAC. The August 1943 figure in Table 1 includes Waacs who did not enlist in the
WAC until later.c Data for 1946 represent re-enlistments in Army of the United States.

Source: U.S. Dept of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of the
Army (STM-30), 1 February 1948, as revised by AGO.

a Distribution indicates commands to which personnel were regularly assigned.
Does not reflect attached strength. Wastes were attached to AAF and other
commands beginning September 1942; Auxiliary status precluded direct assignment
until May 1943.b Defense commands consolidated with service commands 31 March 1946.

[768]

TABLE 4-STRENGTH OF WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES: MAY 1943-DECEMBER 1946
a-Continued

End of Month

Army Service Forces

War Department Groups

Defense Commands

Total

Officers

Enlisted

Total

Officers

Enlisted

Total

Officers

Enlisted

1943

May

44,999

3,859

41,140

1

1

0

3,364

143

3,221

June

44,391

4,337

40,054

107

15

92

3,859

149

3,710

July

41,389

4,749

36,640

104

15

89

4,103

170

3,933

August

32,799

4176

28,623

114

18

96

3,229

191

3,038

September

31,913

4,094

27,819

466

34

432

775

48

727

October

33,055

3,785

29,270

490

43

447

477

43

704

November

34,569

3,979

30,590

401

36

365

601

31

570

December

34,387

3,782

30,605

641

55

586

567

28

539

1944

January

35,969

3,743

32,226

705

69

636

565

27

538

February

37,051

3,687

33,364

740

83

657

452

23

429

March

38,375

3,475

34,900

816

116

700

86

3

83

April

37,516

3,317

34,199

872

125

747

0

0

0

May

37,879

3,288

34,585

951

127

824

0

0

0

June

38,379

3,228

35,151

876

128

748

0

0

0

July

38,113

3,204

34,909

930

127

803

0

0

0

August

40,417

3,179

37,238

971

129

842

0

0

0

September

40,144

3,277

36,867

1,032

128

904

0

0

0

October

40,177

3,260

36,917

1,121

128

1,003

0

0

0

November

41,149

3,260

37,889

1,031

122

909

0

0

0

December

39,867

3,155

36,712

1,082

124

958

0

0

0

1945

January

41,074

3,129

37,945

1,092

116

976

0

0

0

February

41,515

3,111

38,404

1,096

124

972

0

0

0

March

41,165

3,039

41,126

1,121

123

998

0

0

0

April

46,950

2,944

44,006

1,146

120

1,026

0

0

0

May

45,910

2,873

43,037

1,144

118

1,026

0

0

0

June

45,027

2,840

42,187

1,147

126

1,021

0

0

0

July

43,713

2,833

40,880

1,168

127

1,041

0

0

0

August

43,484

2,872

40,612

1,152

132

1,020

0

0

0

September

41,408

2,941

38,467

1,783

182

1,601

0

0

0

October

38,785

3,022

35,763

1,586

160

1,426

0

0

0

November

36,251

3,215

33,036

1,435

141

1,294

0

0

0

December

27,218

2,945

24,273

1,173

124

1,049

0

0

0

1946

January

21,944

2,570

19,374

857

111

746

1

1

0

February

18,172

2,274

15,898

756

97

659

1

1

0

March

15,892

1,741

14,151

675

94

581

(b)

(b)

(b)

April

14,156

1,413

12,743

808

95

723

(b)

(b)

(b)

May

12,922

1,225

11,697

649

87

562

(b)

(b)

(b)

June

c10,932

c 1,047

c 9,885

595

120

475

(b)

(b)

(b)

July

c10,111

c 914

c 9,197

526

93

433

(b)

(b)

(b)

August

c 8,321

c 794

c 7,527

473

85

388

(b)

(b)

(b)

September

c 7,987

c 668

c 7,319

341

80

261

(b)

(b)

(b)

October

c 5,894

c 648

c 5,246

222

76

146

(b)

(b)

(b)

November

c 4,512

c 586

c 3,926

201

73

128

(b)

(b)

(b)

December

c 3,846

c 511

c 3,335

215

83

132

(b)

(b)

(b)

c Army Service Forces (formerly Services of Supply) discontinued as of 11
June 1946 with reorganization of War Department (see War Department Circular
138, 14 May 1946). Figures shown for June-December 1946 are for administrative
and technical services and head­quarters of
armies and army area troops.

Source: U.S. Dept of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of the
Army (STM-30) and predecessor reports for respective months. Figures for July 1942-April 1943 are omitted because the early
misunderstandings concerning WAAC status made them unreliable.

[769]

TABLE 5-WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS ENLISTED PERSONNEL IN ARMY AIR FORCES, CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, BY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 31 JANUARY 1945

Specialty

Number of SSN's

Personnel

Number

Percent Distribution

Total

489

30,430

100.0

Administrative

20

14,011

46.0

Supply

10

1,364

4.5

Medical

12

1,879

6.2

Photographic

5

972

3.2

Weather

3

242

0.8

Airplane Maintenance

16

617

2.0

Aviation Specialist

5

656

2.1

Air Crew

1

20

0.1

Radar Operator

1

5

(a)

Armament

4

51

0.2

Vehicle Operator

3

1,628

5.3

Auto Mechanic

4

82

0.3

Radio Operator

7

301

1.0

Radio Mechanic

5

359

1.2

Wire Communications

4

650

2.1

Utility Construction

11

169

0.6

Duty b

. . . .

5,726

18.8

Miscellaneous c

. . . .

1,698

5.6

a Less than 0.05 percent.
b Includes 80 percent on-the-job trainees, newly
recruited, and undergoing 90-day period required for AAF SSN. Estimated that
these would be distributed into listed job groups according to the same ratio as
other women. Remainder of Duty group includes messengers, duty sergeants, and
other miscellaneous groups.c Includes chiefly Food Services, also Chemical, etc.

Source: Extracted from list shown in "Strength of AAF Personnel in WAC within
Continental U.S. by Command, SSN, and Race." SC-PS-123 (AAF Office of
Statistical Control). Does not agree with AGO figure, Table 4, because of
different reporting system.

[770]

TABLE 6-WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS OFFICER PERSONNEL IN ARMY AIR FORCES, CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES, BY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 31 JANUARY 1945

Specialty

Number

Specialty

Number

Total

1, 541

Radar Filter Officer

5

Medical Register

4

Administrative

412

Claims Officer

3

Company Commander

263

Legal Officer

3

Military Personnel Officer

128

Vocational Education Officer

3

Adjutant

102

Aerial Photo Officer

2

Mess Officer a

70

Automotive Maintenance Officer

2

Special Services Officer

68

Ground Safety Officer

2

Supply Officer a

43

I M Supply Officer

2

Technical Supply Officer

40

Operations Officer

2

Administrative Inspector

40

Parasitologist

2

Civilian Personnel Officer

38

Psychologist

2

Finance Officer a

33

Publications Officer

2

Classification Officer

29

Sales Officer

2

Priorities and Traffic Officer

27

Security Officer

2

Executive Officer

25

Training Arts Officer

2

Statistical Officer

19

Aircraft Maintenance Officer

1

Personal Affairs Officer

19

Air Traffic Service Officer

1

Personnel Staff Officer

13

Communications Officer

1

Photo Interpreter a

13

Cryptographer

1

Passenger Transport Officer

12

Cryptographic Security Officer

1

Postal Officer

12

Fighter Interceptor Controller

1

Training Officer

12

Inspector General

1

Intelligence Officer

11

Judge Advocate

1

Information and Education

9

Operations and Training Staff Officer

1

Instructor

9

Ordnance Supply Officer

1

Motor Transport Officer

9

Personnel Equipment Officer

1

Historian

7

Petrol Supply Officer

1

Combat Liaison Officer

6

Salvage Officer

1

Message Center Officer a

6

Signal Supply Officer

1

Physical Tng Officer

6

Student

1

Bacteriologist

5

a Two SSN's assigned to this Military Occupational Specialty.

Source: Extracted from list shown in "Strength of AAF Personnel in WAC within
Continental U.S. By Command, SSN, and Race." SC-PS-123 (AAF Office of
Statistical Control). Does not agree with AGO figure, Table 4, because of
different reporting system.

a Consists chiefly of personnel assigned to U.S. commands but on temporary or
recurring duty overseas. Includes personnel en route from United States to
theaters and small numbers assigned for short periods to Northwest Service
Command and Caribbean Defense Command.
b Audited strength reports apparently incomplete. Other sources indicate total
strength of 36 (11 officer; and 25 enlisted women).

[772]

TABLE 7-STRENGTH OF WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS IN OVERSEAS THEATERS: 1943-1946-Con.

End of Month

Mediterranean

Pacific

Other a

Total

Officers

Enlisted

Total

Officers

Enlisted

Total

Officers

Enlisted

1943

January

200

10

190

0

0

0

0

0

0

February

201

10

191

0

0

0

0

0

0

March

201

10

191

0

0

0

0

0

0

April

199

11

188

0

0

0

73

5

68

May

272

16

256

0

0

0

21

1

20

June

295

18

277

0

0

0

3

3

0

July

283

15

168

0

0

0

59

2

57

August

338

16

322

0

0

0

540

16

524

September

784

28

756

0

0

0

0

0

0

October

776

30

746

0

0

0

373

19

354

November

1,157

44

1,113

0

0

0

283

8

275

December

1,461

57

1,404

0

0

0

380

10

370

1944

January

1,800

61

1,739

32

7

25

5

5

0

February

1,800

61

1,739

b 4

b 4

b 0

4

4

0

March

1,754

58

1,696

157

16

141

431

24

407

April

1,732

66

1,666

157

17

140

655

129

526

May

1,864

95

1,769

654

128

526

1,083

41

1,042

June

1,937

95

1,842

1,035

152

883

722

42

680

July

1,897

96

1,801

1,419

163

1,256

407

33

374

August

1,928

99

1,829

1,421

169

1,252

1,800

90

1,710

September

1,905

99

1,806

2,643

211

2,432

1,585

69

1,516

October

1,991

104

1,887

3,745

243

3,502

940

51

889

November

1,620

90

1,530

3,384

231

3,153

1,895

86

1,809

December

1,576

87

1,489

4,343

278

4,065

1,389

120

1,269

1945

January

1,569

89

1,480

4,712

339

4,373

1,403

70

1,333

February

1,547

86

1,461

5,262

356

4,906

1,456

75

1,381

March

1,652

89

1,563

5,237

333

4,904

1,535

68

1,467

April

1,608

89

1,519

5,173

328

4,845

1,687

81

1,606

May

1,503

86

1,417

5,011

337

4,674

2,202

130

2,072

June

1,418

85

1,333

5,068

329

4,739

2,066

105

1,961

July

1,200

74

1,126

4,856

347

4,509

2,087

146

1,941

August

969

64

905

4,705

342

4,363

1,839

106

1,733

September

769

44

725

4,285

321

3,964

1,430

88

1,342

October

224

36

188

3,605

295

3,310

1,140

76

1,064

November

179

34

145

1,287

136

1,151

821

99

722

December

95

8

87

486

131

355

530

46

484

1946

January

8

8

0

368

114

254

480

33

447

February

8

8

0

124

124

0

399

43

356

March

8

8

0

139

135

4

489

48

441

April

8

8

0

117

115

2

274

45

229

May

7

7

0

105

102

3

363

42

321

June

7

7

0

86

86

0

39

29

10

July

7

7

0

84

84

0

26

19

7

August

6

6

0

75

75

0

161

80

81

September

7

7

0

76

71

5

152

50

102

October

64

8

56

230

95

135

215

41

174

November

62

6

56

436

101

335

578

54

524

December

157

11

146

609

106

503

320

44

276

Sourer: U.S. Dept. of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of the
Army (STM-30) and predecessor reports for respective months.

[773]

TABLE 8-DECORATIONS AND AWARDS MADE TO THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS: 7 DECEMBER 1941-30 JUNE 1947
a

Type of Award

Total

Continental United States

Pacific and Far East Commands

U.S. Forces in China

U.S. Forces in India-Burma

European Command

Mediterranean Theater of Operations

U.S. Forces in Africa Mid-East

Total

639

41

105

21

10

314

145

3

Original

633

40

105

21

10

311

143

3

Oak-leaf Cluster

6

1

0

0

0

3

2

0

Distinguished Service Medal

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Original

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Oak-leaf Cluster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Legion of Merit

62

33

5

2

1

8

10

3

Original

59

32

5

2

1

7

9

3

Oak-leaf Cluster

3

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

Soldier's Medal

10

5

4

0

0

0

1

0

Original

10

5

4

0

0

0

1

0

Oak-leaf Cluster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bronze Star Medal.

565

2

96

19

9

305

134

0

Original

562

2

96

19

9

303

133

0

Oak-leaf
Cluster

3

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

Air Medal

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Original

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Oak-leaf
Cluster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

a Does not include Purple Heart or Army Commendation Ribbon.

Source: War Department, Decorations and Awards, HTM-14, Prepared by Strength
Accounting Branch, AGO, under direction of Statistical Division, Office of the Army Comptroller, OCS, 30 June 1947.

[774]

TABLE 9-PERSONNEL DISCHARGED FROM THE WOMEN'S
ARMY CORPS BECAUSE OF PREGNANCY: 1942-1946

Period

Total

Officers

Enlisted Women

Rate per Thousand per
Month a

Period

Total

Officers

Enlisted Women

Rate per Thousand per
Month a

Total

11,402

465

10,937

4.0

1944 (cont'd)

September

416

24

392

4.8

1942

19

3

16

0.5

October

385

12

373

4.3

July

0

0

0

0.0

November

391

20

371

4.3

August

0

0

0

0.0

December

440

19

421

4.9

September

2

0

2

0.5

1945

5,923

232

5,691

5. 7

October

2

1

1

0.3

January

546

15

531

5.9

November

2

0

2

0.2

February

372

17

355

4.0

December

13

2

11

1.0

March

551

25

526

5.7

1943

815

49

766

1.4

April

473

23

450

4.8

January

14

0

14

0.6

May

489

27

462

4.9

February

31

3

28

0.9

June

655

22

633

6.8

March

50

0

50

1.1

July

687

31

656

7.3

April

57

5

52

1.1

August

504

22

482

5.6

May

106

2

104

1.9

September

560

23

537

6.5

June

95

7

88

1. 6

October

444

13

431

5. 7

July

150

5

145

2.4

November

332

5

327

5.3

August

42

12

30

0.8

December

310

9

301

7.1

September

43

2

41

0.8

1946

857

5

852

3.7

October

42

4

38

0.8

January

270

1

269

7.5

November

78

5

73

1.4

February

95

1

94

3.2

December

107

4

103

1.9

March

71

0

71

2.7

1944

3, 788

176

3,612

4.1

April

44

0

44

1. 9

January

135

9

126

2.2

May

149

0

149

6. 9

February

175

10

165

2.7

June

40

0

40

2.2

March

231

5

226

3.4

July

45

1

44

2. 7

April

278

9

269

4.0

August

51

0

51

3.5

May

280

13

267

3. 8

September

31

1

30

2. 3

June

441

15

426

5.7

October

23

0

23

2.1

July

261

22

239

3.3

November

20

0

20

1.9

August

355

18

337

4.2

December

18

1

17

1.9

a Computed on the basis of month-end strength. Averages shown for periods are
weighted arithmetic averages; geometric averages would be somewhat lower.

TABLE 10-PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF WAC AND MALE PERSONNEL IN THE U.S. ARMY, BY GRADE:
DECEMBER 1942-DECEMBER 1946

Grade

31 Dec 1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

30 Jun

31 Dec

30 Jun

31 Dec

30 Jun

31 Dec

30 Jun

31 Dec

Commissioned Officers

WAC

12.1

8.2

10.1

7.6

6.5

5.9

10.7

9.7

12.3

Male

6.8

7.6

8.4

8.8

9.3

9.5

13.9

13.0

11.3

General Officers

WAC

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Male

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

Colonel

WAC

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

Male

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0. 1

0.1

0. 3

0.5

0.5

Lieutenant Colonel

WAC

0.0

0.0

0.0

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

0.1

0.1

Male

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.7

0.9

1.0

Major

WAC

0.0

(a)

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.7

Male

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.5

1.5

1.5

Captain

WAC

0.2

0.5

0.8

0.8

1.0

1.1

2.6

3.6

5.2

Male

1.3

1.4

1.7

1.9

2.2

2.4

4.2

3.6

3.4

First Lieutenant

WAC

0.8

1.3

2.3

2.8

2.9

3.8

6.5

4.4

4.9

Male

2.0

2.1

2.4

2.6

3.0

3.6

5.2

4.7

3.8

Second Lieutenant

WAC

11.1

6.4

6.9

3.9

2.5

0.8

1.2

1.0

1.4

Male

2.7

3.2

3.3

3.2

2.9

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.1

Warrant and Flight Officers

WAC

0.0

0.0

0.0

(a)

(a)

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Male

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.4

Enlisted Personnel

WAC

87.9

91.8

89.9

92. 4

93.5

94.0

89.2

90.2

87. 6

Male

93.0

92.1

91.2

90.7

90.0

89.8

85.3

86.5

88.3

Master and First Sergeant

WAC

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.8

1.2

2.6

Male

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.4

2.5

3.3

Technical Sergeant

WAC

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.2

2.1

3.9

Male

0.9

1.1

1.5

2.0

2.4

2.6

2.1

2.0

2.6

Staff Sergeant and T/3

WAC

0.0

0.6

1.9

2.3

3.1

3.8

5.2

7.9

14.6

Male

3.7

4.2

5.0

5.9

6.9

7.5

6.4

4.5

5.2

Sergeant and T/4

WAC

0.2

4.3

10.0

9.9

11.0

12.0

17.5

24.8

32.0

Male

7.6

8.7

10.6

11.1

12.2

12.8

12.5

8.1

7.7

Corporal and T/5

WAC

1.9

12.8

22.3

18.7

18.3

21.2

35.1

37.5

25.5

Male

12.4

15.2

16.6

17.1

18.7

18.8

18.6

14.5

14. 3

Private First Class

WAC

0.0

18.0

19.1

17.7

17.0

25.0

19.0

13.6

7. 4

Male

13.5

19.1

19.0

19.0

19.4

27.5

24.6

25.4

24.6

Private

WAC

85.7

55.6

35.6

42.9

43.1

30.7

10.4

3.1

1.6

Male

54.0

42.8

37.4

34.4

29.0

19.2

19.7

29.5

30.6

a Less than 0.05 percent.b The Director was the only woman in the WAC holding the rank of colonel.

Source: U.S. Department of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of
the Army (STM-30), respective months.

[776]

TABLE 11-STRENGTH OF NEGRO PERSONNEL IN THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS: 1943-1946
a

End of Month

Total

Officers

Enlisted

Number

Percent of Total WAC

1943

March

2,532

5.7

65

2,467

June

3,161

5.2

105

3,056

September

3,012

5.9

105

2,907

December

2,805

4.9

103

2,702

1944

March

3,175

4.7

115

3,060

June

3,506

4.5

117

3,389

September

3,766

4.4

121

3,645

December

4,040

4.5

120

3,920

1945

March

3,902

4.1

115

3,787

June

3,849

4. 0

117

3,732

September

3,738

4.3

105

3,633

December

1,690

3.9

80

1,610

1946

March

786

3.0

32

754

June

673

3.6

15

658

September

279

2.0

15

264

December

372

3.9

9

363

a Negro strength is based on personal statements at time of entry into active
service. Does not necessarily include personnel of other races with Negro blood.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of the
Army (STM-30). 1 January 1949.

[777]

TABLE 12-ENLISTED PERSONNEL SEPARATED FROM
THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS: AUGUST 1942-DECEMBER 1946 a

Period

Total

Death (Non-battle)

Reassignment

Honorable Discharge

Dishon-orable Dis-charge

Dis-charge Other Than Honor- able d

Commis-sioned Officer

Warrant Officer

Medi-cal b

Inapti-tude or Unsuit-ability

Demobi-lization

Other c

Total

137,209

160

7,833

39

22,324

1,322

43,093

61,155

71

1,212

1942

1,659

0

1,536

0

63

5

0

47

0

8

August

431

0

428

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

September

381

0

368

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

October

344

0

331

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

November

258

0

231

0

15

2

0

9

0

1

December

245

0

178

0

34

3

0

34

0

7

1943

26,079

29

5,005

0

4,263

53

0

16,427

0

302

January

377

1

313

0

28

2

0

27

0

6

February

483

1

320

0

98

4

0

48

0

12

March

963

1

486

0

314

4

0

135

0

23

April

1,310

4

663

0

413

5

0

205

0

20

May

1,973

3

1,130

0

536

4

0

268

0

32

June

1,693

1

673

0

604

8

0

347

0

60

July

1,695

1

528

0

671

10

0

428

0

51

August

e 14,310

4

252

0

348

11

0

13,664

0

31

September

1,844

6

203

0

506

1

0

1,098

0

30

October

430

4

127

0

235

0

0

51

0

13

November

513

1

162

0

253

1

0

80

0

16

December

488

2

148

0

251

3

0

76

0

8

1944

10,582

46

485

23

6,706

291

0

2,684

28

319

January

335

3

0

0

273

7

0

46

0

6

February

502

1

58

0

344

9

0

82

0

8

March

604

0

34

4

452

5

0

93

1

15

April

648

4

1

1

476

7

0

137

2

20

May

710

7

31

4

472

10

0

168

0

18

June

1,177

7

85

4

742

24

0

289

3

23

July

603

6

19

3

395

9

0

147

3

21

August

1,062

5

44

4

640

32

0

296

5

36

September

1,118

5

3

2

713

39

0

311

4

41

October

1,143

1

98

1

687

39

0

285

4

28

November

1,313

3

98

0

687

58

0

417

1

49

December

1,367

4

14

0

825

52

0

413

5

54

1945

67,105

71

697

16

10,013

896

22,582

32,238

41

551

January

1,524

8

55

0

899

49

0

442

3

68

February

1,108

3

59

1

615

45

0

330

5

50

March

1,670

6

8

0

950

78

0

536

1

91

April

1,351

10

40

2

761

61

0

428

5

44

May

1,530

0

119

2

812

74

38

441

3

41

June

2,811

18

96

4

977

88

145

1,431

6

46

July

3,828

15

54

4

1,128

147

233

2,172

10

65

August

3,187

4

101

1

935

97

477

1,525

2

45

September

5,154

4

4

0

808

59

1,871

2,374

2

32

October

9,160

1

23

2

812

100

4,040

4,142

2

28

November

16,013

2

131

0

716

60

8,227

6,845

1

31

December

19,769

0

7

0

600

28

7,551

11,572

1

10

1946

31,784

14

110

0

1,279

77

20,511

9,759

2

32

January

8,166

0

15

0

264

23

2,950

4,909

0

5

February

4,135

0

15

0

152

7

2,464

1,489

1

7

March

3,355

1

2

0

179

10

2,067

1,093

0

3

April

2,104

2

19

0

140

7

1,337

593

1

5

May

1,580

4

15

0

148

7

872

533

0

1

June

1,972

0

2

0

82

6

1,460

420

0

2

July

3,061

3

1

0

87

5

2,663

305

0

3

August

1,873

0

0

0

73

6

1,577

213

0

4

September

933

1

1

0

33

1

805

90

0

2

October

3,206

2

0

0

42

2

3,104

56

0

0

November

1,021

0

2

0

34

0

960

25

0

0

December

372

1

8

0

45

3

252

33

0

0

a Separations from November 1943 through June 1945 are based on month of
processing. Other months reflect actual month of occurrence.
Figures shown do not include the number dropped from the rolls because of AWOL
and desertion.
b Includes certificate of disability, pregnancy and likelihood of early
recurrences of incapacitating symptoms. c Includes minority, dependency, hardship, marriage, national health,
safety, or interest, and others. Includes 14,199 separated at their request
during August-October 1943, due to conversion to WAC.d includes undesirable habits or traits of character and misconduct.
e Excludes 41,177 WAAC enlisted personnel reenlisting in the WAC during August
1943.

TABLE 13-OFFICERS SEPARATED FROM THE WOMEN'S
ARMY CORPS: SEPTEMBER 1942-DECEMBER 1946 a

Period

Total

Death (Non-battle)

Honorable Discharge

Dishonor-able Discharge

Discharge other than Honorable c

Resigna-tion

Demobili-zation

Physical Disquali-fication

Pregnancy

Other b

Total

5,622

21

29

3,602

262

465

1,219

3

21

1942

5

0

0

0

0

3

2

0

0

September

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

October

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

November

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

December

3

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

1943

479

7

1

0

55

49

349

0

18

January

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

February

3

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

March

4

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

0

April

5

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

May

8

1

0

0

1

2

4

0

0

June

15

0

0

0

2

7

5

0

1

May

17

0

0

0

5

5

6

0

1

August

205

0

0

0

2

12

188

0

3

September

191

0

0

0

36

2

140

0

13

October

9

2

0

0

3

4

0

0

0

November

13

2

0

0

4

5

2

0

0

December

9

2

1

0

1

4

1

0

0

1944

288

5

8

0

70

176

28

0

1

January

20

0

0

0

7

9

4

0

0

February

15

1

2

0

2

10

0

0

0

March

16

0

0

0

9

5

2

0

0

April

20

2

0

0

6

9

3

0

0

May

24

1

0

0

9

13

1

0

0

June

23

0

0

0

3

15

5

0

0

July

28

0

0

0

4

22

2

0

0

August

21

0

1

0

2

18

0

0

0

September

27

0

1

0

1

24

1

0

0

October

20

0

0

0

5

12

3

0

0

November

35

0

0

0

11

20

4

0

0

December

39

1

4

0

11

19

3

0

1

1945

1,545

6

19

963

103

232

218

3

1

January

28

0

1

0

9

15

3

0

0

February

31

0

4

0

5

17

5

0

0

March

45

0

2

0

15

25

3

0

0

April

50

2

7

0

11

23

5

1

1

May

39

0

2

1

2

27

7

0

0

June

39

1

1

3

7

22

5

0

0

July

58

0

0

11

6

31

10

0

0

August

83

1

0

35

14

22

10

1

0

September

71

0

1

30

10

23

6

1

0

October

162

2

1

114

10

13

22

0

0

November

325

0

0

273

4

5

43

0

0

December

614

0

0

496

10

9

99

0

0

1946

3,305

3

1

2,639

34

5

622

0

1

January

810

1

0

634

6

1

168

0

0

February

461

0

0

317

7

1

136

0

0

March

462

0

0

363

0

0

98

0

1

April

332

0

0

263

3

0

66

0

0

May

314

1

1

277

2

0

33

0

0

June

235

0

0

209

4

0

22

0

0

July

187

0

0

161

3

1

22

0

0

August

144

0

0

128

2

0

14

0

0

September

128

0

0

101

4

1

22

0

0

October

66

0

0

52

2

0

12

0

0

November

62

0

0

44

1

0

17

0

0

December

104

1

0

90

0

1

12

0

0

a Includes data for 47 WAC warrant officers. b Consists chiefly of personnel released as surplus officers or relieved
at own request. c Includes undesirable habits or traits of character and misconduct.

Source: U.S. Dept of Army, AGO, Strength Accounting Branch, Strength of the
Army (STM-30), 1 August 1949, and unpublished work sheets used in compiling this
report.